Airline passenger furious after sitting in dog poop on airline

An American man has been left "shaking" and "horrified" after having to sit in dog poop on a local airline flight.

Last week, Matthew Meehan boarded his business class flight from Atlanta to Miami and sat down in his seat, before realising there was poo all over the ground.

Posting on Facebook, the disgruntled passenger wrote, "I’m covered in FECES [sic] from the person that sat in the airplane seat before me. It’s on my legs, pants shoes.... I’m NOT HAPPY DELTA! SICK!"

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When airline staff inquired as to what was wrong, Meehan said they weren't entirely helpful, saying it "wasn't their problem". Eventually they sanitised the area after Meehan refused to sit down.

"Thank GOD other passengers stepped forward and also said they wouldn’t sit," he said. "[The attendant] had no choice but to ‘appear’ to have someone clean. The area was cleaned poorly with paper towels, that’s it... No sanitiser... and I was told to either sit in my seat or don’t go home tonight.

"No apology, no care, and was told to deal with it by Atlanta Red Coat. I’m shaking. I’m disgusted. I’m horrified."

Speaking to CNBC, Mr Meehan said the dog poo got all over the his suit pants and shoes. "It was so nasty, I had no way to adequately clean it up,” he said.

Attendants gave him paper towel and a bottle of gin to disinfect the area.

Passenger Matthew Meehan. (Facebook)

It has since been discovered the waste was left by an ill service dog on a previous flight.

The airline has apologised for the incident in a statement to CNBC, "Delta has issued a refund and additional compensation to the customer impacted by this incident. The safety and health of our customers and employees is our top priority, and we are conducting a full investigation while following up with the right teams to prevent this from happening again. Upon landing in Miami, the aircraft was taken out of service to be deep cleaned and further disinfected."